[pure-silver] Re: TESTING; no posts

Building and maintaining a telephone company is messy and costly - 
not enough to justify $.25/min domestic LD rates or $40. phone lines, 
but not *free* either.
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But very few vendors enjoy a hefty monthly fee forever and the relatively free 
use of the public airspace and real estate, if you figure that all their 
running costs and other investments are added into the rates. Installation of 
jacks are charged for. End equipment is bought by the customer. Internal 
problems are the customer's responsibility. 

I put cable into the same class as the telcos and wireless phone operators. 
Each is a separate service. Wireless has the chutzpah to charge for both 
incoming as well as outgoing calls, depending on the contract -- which is 
always high as far as I'm affected. 

And even with all those advantages, out here in South Eugene Qwest still hasn't 
built out their DSL service -- after all these years. Some small outfit, RIO, 
does provide DSL, but at Comcast cable rates. On top of everything else, when 
the ratepayer's equipment becomes obsolete [digital TV, digital radio coming] 
the cost of the new equipment again hits you know who. And I have a half dozen 
good cell phones sitting in my drawer because after all these years we don't 
have open access for wireless phone service. 

Crocodile Tears Dep't.

Bob

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